title: The gene encoding dipeptidyl aminopeptidase BI from Pseudomonas sp. WO24: cloning, sequencing and expression in Escherichia coli.
abstract: We have isolated the dipeptidyl aminopeptidase BI (DAP BI) gene from the plasmid library of Pseudomonas sp. WO24 chromosomal DNA by the enzymatic plate assay using a chromogenic substrate. The DAP BI gene, designated dap b1, was further subcloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis of an approx. 3-kb fragment revealed an open reading frame of 2169 nucleotides, which was assigned to the dap b1 gene by N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences. The predicted amino acid sequence of DAP BI containing a serine protease Gly-X-Ser-X-Gly consensus motif displays extensive homologies to the several proteases belonging to the prolyl oligopeptidase family, a novel serine protease family possessing the catalytic triad with a specific array of Ser, Asp and His in this order, which is the hallmark of the member of this family including DAP IV. The dap b1 gene was expressed in Escherichia coli and the expressed enzyme was purified about 230-fold with 2.6% recovery from the cell-free extracts. The enzymatic properties such as molecular mass, substrate specificity and effect of inhibitor were similar to the native enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. WO24.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-21, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morikawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C111042:DAP BI protein, Pseudomonas; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases